<p>hey sakky, </p>
<p>as a med student who recently went through the pre-med process, and someone who has split my time nearly 50-50 between MIT and Brown over the last six years, let me tell you it would be a shame if you chose not to go to MIT because you think their pre-meds do not do well.</p>
<p>it is not true that they "suffer from an unusually low pre-med placement rate relative to peer schools". you might be surprised to know that getting 82% of applying undergrads into med school, when the national average is 49%, is pretty much as high as it gets. brown's placement is only a couple percentage points higher.</p>
<p>plus, we are both speaking in generalities. native ability and drive has a lot more influence on getting into med school than where you go to school. (that being said, where you do undergrad can significantly influence WHERE you get into med school).</p>
<p>buy any book on getting into med school and it will tell you the same. a C in orgo at princeton is an average grade whereas a C in orgo at harvard is below average--med schools know this and do not view them as equivalent.</p>
<p>on that note, averages can be deceiving. look at the range of acceptances in that link you posted. i guarantee you that a 2.67 undergrad GPA would practically bar you from getting into med school if you went anywhere except MIT.</p>